‘What is your favourite parenting white lie?’ – 22 perfectly acceptable fibs to tell children

13.

‘1) she’s allergic to cigarettes. That’s something she still believes as a teen. 2) all pigeons are called Colin. That’s just for my own amusement really. 3) Easter eggs can’t legally be sold until a week before. The ones out are for decoration.’
–bellbeegoodie

14.

‘Sleepy sweets! My daughter had a real issue with sleeping. So I started giving her a gummy multivitamin at nighttime and calling it a “Sleepy Sweet” that’ll help her fall asleep. I basically Pavlov’d her into bedtime, and she got a dose of vitamin c into the bargain!

Still proud of that one.’
–weatherwaxs_broom

15.

‘Maple syrup is “spicy sauce”.’
–Alarmed_Possible_223

16.

‘We can’t go to the McDonalds near our house because it’s drive-in only and we don’t have a car. You can go to the one near the grandparents though, because they have a car.’
–luala

17.

‘Wasn’t mine but a little while ago, I was in big Tesco at night and a woman came in with her child. The child wanted to look at the toys and the mum said “they don’t sell them at night!”‘
–CuteMaterial

18.

‘The burglar alarm sensor turned red when Father Christmas was watching them being naughty.’
–Rubberfootman

19.

‘My son hates Carbonara but will eat Italian pasta and bacon.’
–Optimal-Room-8586

20.

‘My children fully believe Coca-Cola contains alcohol so they’re not allowed to drink it until they’re 18.’
–Sea-Shopping-5878

21.

‘My kids used to drink muscle water because they wouldn’t drink plain water. It was just plain water that I called muscle water.’
–earthandanarchy

22.

‘One I massively backfired on was my daughter refusing to eat baked beans. I told her they’d make her fart and she was very on board with that. I have regrets.’
–Sea-Shopping-5878

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